Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 259 Bullshit Special Operations
Yangershan

"Hurry, hurry, hurry up and dig!"

"Hurry up and load the truck!"

"Faster, faster!"

"Even if we're pretending, even if we're acting, we have to make it look real. The Japanese planes must have taken off."

……

The brigade commander and his staff officer had already withdrawn, and the main force of the Japanese mopping-up operation had been drawn over. The brigade commander still needed to personally take command.

The task of excavating and relocating the play was assigned to Blind Cheng from the 772nd Regiment.

Blind Cheng led his team and transport crew, working with great enthusiasm.

As expected, just as Blind Cheng started his work, a small black dot appeared on the distant horizon.

The small black dot approached from afar, and the roar of the engine grew louder and louder.

It was obvious that it was a Japanese reconnaissance plane.

"Get the machine guns ready! Once the Japanese planes lower their altitude and try to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance, fire on them!"

Blind Cheng gave orders to the three machine gun companies.

"Commander, only one Japanese plane came. If we shoot it down, won't it cause problems?" a machine gun company commander shouted.

"If you can take it down, I'll promote you to battalion commander!" Blind Cheng roared. "If you're so capable, then take it down for me."

Only one Japanese plane came. If we could have shot it down, the scene would have been even more realistic.

The Japanese airport couldn't contact the plane, so they'll definitely send out new planes again.

Once they discover that we've shot down all the planes, and see the spectacular scene of our ground evacuation, they'll surely be able to conclude that this is tungsten ore.

"Haha, regimental commander, then you should prepare to promote me." The machine gun company commander laughed heartily.

The other two machine gun company commanders were also secretly competing, watching the Japanese planes approach.

Da da da!
In the sky, the reconnaissance plane opened fire.

Bullets swept across the transport convoy on the ground. Although the transport workers had taken cover in advance, there were still casualties.

The reconnaissance plane was conducting low-altitude reconnaissance when it was shot down by Cheng Xiazi's three machine gun companies.

After all, it's not a professional anti-aircraft machine gun, so the lethality of its projectiles is limited.

The reconnaissance plane was hit, but instead of smoking and crashing, it circled around the spot once and then quickly flew away.

"Damn it, my battalion commander position is gone!" The machine gun company commander cursed as he watched the Japanese reconnaissance plane fly away.

"What's the rush? There will definitely be more Japanese planes coming from behind. You'll still have a chance then," said Blind Cheng, then continued, "Don't stop. Hurry up and dig, hurry up and move."

"Yes."

Although the Japanese planes had left, Cheng the Blind's work did not stop.

Instead, they pressed on, because the Japanese planes would come back again.

The story of Blind Cheng will continue until the Japanese division arrives with overwhelming force, seizes the tungsten ore, and Blind Cheng is unable to retrieve it.

……

Kumamoto Division Headquarters

The Kumamoto Division Commander looked up at the sky; the sun had already risen.

Another new day has begun.

It's been a whole night since Sato Haruno started tracking the scent, and there's still no news coming back.

Even when Fujita Ichiji brought out the meticulously prepared fish slice sushi, the Kumamoto chefs had no appetite.

Muto Juichi and Miyai Brigade Commander, who were standing nearby, were also extremely uncomfortable.

Both of their teams and the Kumamoto Division were ready to launch a swift attack, according to news from Sato Haruno's side.

It can be said that everything is ready except for the final push.

Now, the east wind is slow to blow, making people very anxious.

Fujita Ichiji explained, "If the Eighth Route Army's border region arsenal is deep in the mountains, Vice Minister Sato's scent tracking will have to travel a long way. Gentlemen, let's eat something first."

Immediately afterward, Fujita Ichiji said, "When the news gets here, the army will have to set off immediately, and at that time there probably won't even be time to eat."

The division commander of Kumamoto and the other two brigade commanders all said, "We'd rather not have time to eat!"

"Well, that seems to be true too." Fujita Ichiji was momentarily at a loss for words.

Fortunately, Fujita Ichiji's embarrassment didn't last long. Soon, a communications soldier rushed over with a newly arrived telegram: "This is an urgent telegram from Colonel Yamamoto Ichiki!"

The division commander of Kumamoto and the other two brigade commanders were still somewhat stunned when they heard this.

Shouldn't it be Sato Haruno sending us a telegram? Instead, Yamamoto Ichiki sent an urgent telegram. What does this mean?

Commander Kumamoto and the other two members of the brigade actually harbored strong opinions about Yamamoto Ichiki.

Yamamoto Ichiki brought back special operations theories from Germany and hoped that someone would support him in organizing a special forces unit.

Army officers, including the commander of the Kumamoto Division, scoffed at this.

Because in their view, China's territory was too vast.

The only way to completely conquer this land is through large-scale military operations.

Yamamoto Ichiki's so-called special forces team consisted of only about a hundred people.

This small number of people is a joke in the face of the vast territory of China.

Therefore, no army officers supported Yamamoto Ichiki; they were all watching him make a fool of himself.

However, Lieutenant General Shinozuka, commander of the First Army, supported Yamamoto Ichiki and helped him form a special forces unit. This displeased the army officers, including the division commander of Kumamoto.

In their view, Commander Yoshio Shinozuka must have been misled by Ichiki Yamamoto.

No one could persuade Commander Yoshio Shinozuka, so everyone kept quiet and watched to see how Yamamoto Ichiki would embarrass himself.

Soon, Yamamoto Ichiki's first opportunity came. He led his special forces to Daxia Bay to launch a surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters, but ended up fighting another regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Yang Village.

Although Yamamoto Ichiki achieved a score of 200 to 0, he still dissatisfied the army officers, including the Kumamoto Division Commander.

The location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters has been discovered and locked; what a perfect opportunity for a decapitation strike!

A direct ground siege with heavy troops, just two divisions, followed by a massive air bombardment, could completely erase the name of Daxia Bay from the map.

Such a good opportunity to behead him, let's give it to Yamamoto Ichiki.

He brought back the results of a mere two hundred ordinary Eighth Route Army soldiers, but lost an excellent opportunity to carry out a decapitation strike, and even received praise from Commander Yoshio Shinotsuka. How could this satisfy the army officers like Division Commander Kumamoto?

In order to promote Yamamoto Ichiki's special operations, Commander Yoshio Shinotsuka quickly organized an observation group, whose leader was Hattori Naotomi, the former brigade commander of the 21st Brigade.

This time, the intelligence department discovered once again that the Eighth Route Army headquarters was in Chenjiayu.

This was another excellent decapitation operation, and Commander Shinotsuka once again ordered Yamamoto Ichiki to carry it out, and then put on a show for the observation group.

The results of it.

The observation group was beheaded by a unit of the Eighth Route Army.

What's even more infuriating is!

That idiot Yamamoto Ichiki actually abandoned the attack on Chen Jiayu and quickly withdrew his troops!

This is absolutely utter stupidity, hopelessly stupid!
That's the location of the Eighth Route Army headquarters! Your special forces team, Yamamoto Ichiki, had already reached right under their noses, and when you heard that the observation group had been beheaded, you said that without an audience, there would be no performance!
Brother!
That's the Eighth Route Army headquarters! This is a real battle, not a play on a stage! Do you really think this is a play on a stage?
To put it another way, if the entire observation group was wiped out, shouldn't you, Yamamoto Ichiki, have taken down Chen Jiayu and the Eighth Route Army headquarters even more to atone for your crimes?

Didn't you, Yamamoto Ichiki, always say that your special forces only had two targets in the Second World War zone, one of which was the Eighth Route Army headquarters?

The Eighth Route Army headquarters is right in front of you, and you don't eat it, you throw it away. What kind of bullshit special operations is this? It's like your head is full of dog shit.

After this incident, army officers became even more resistant to and resistant to Yamamoto Ichiki's nonsensical special operations.

Now that they hear it's an urgent telegram from Yamamoto Ichiki's side, they naturally can't understand it anymore.

Judging from this, could it be that Yamamoto Ichiki has gotten involved in such an important mission as tracking the Eighth Route Army's border arsenal?

Almost instantly, the Kumamoto Division Commander and the two brigade commanders concluded that Yamamoto Ichiki's tracking operation had failed.

It's highly likely that Yamamoto Ichiki wants us to rescue him.

The division commander of Kumamoto and the other two brigade commanders quickly exchanged glances.

Although the three did not speak, they understood each other perfectly.

If it really was that idiot Yamamoto Ichiki who ruined Vice-Commander Sato's mission, and he ended up in an ambush by the Eighth Route Army, and we had to go and rescue him, we would all know what to do without saying a word.

The division commander of Kumamoto took the telegram and looked at it.

Upon seeing this, the Kumamoto Division Commander's expression became somewhat strange.

Muto Juichi asked suspiciously, "Commander Kumamoto, what's wrong?"

The brigade commander, Gongjing, was also puzzled: "What does this telegram say?"

The division commander, Kumamoto, said angrily, "Damn it! As expected, that idiot Yamamoto Ichiki ruined Vice Minister Sato's mission. His operation to track down the Eighth Route Army's border arsenal has failed!"

Upon hearing this, both Muto Juichi and Major General Miyai jumped up and down: "Baka! That damned idiot! Why did we have to let him get involved? Why did we have to let that idiot get involved and ruin things? Baka!"

Our operation to sweep away the Eighth Route Army is not going very smoothly.

The Eighth Route Army outside pulled the Jin-Sui Army in. Although Major General Kawashima and the reinforcements from Taiyuan were trying to block them, the effect was not very good.

That Eighth Route Army force was too powerful; they even led the Jin-Sui Army out to fight their way out.

Our greatest hope now is that Sato Haruno's operation will succeed and that we can locate the Eighth Route Army's border region arsenal, so that we can firmly seize the initiative.

And now, that hope has been extinguished by that damned Yamamoto Ichiki, how despicable!

The Kumamoto Division Commander then softened his tone slightly and said, "The matter of that idiot Yamamoto Ichiki wasn't completely bad."

"What do you mean?" Both Muto Juichi and Major General Miyai looked at Division Commander Kumamoto.

"He discovered important supplies buried by the Eighth Route Army in Yang'er Mountain, and the initial assessment is that they are most likely tungsten ore," said the division commander of Kumamoto.

Did they discover the tungsten ore that the Eighth Route Army had been robbing?

Upon hearing this, both Muto Juichi and Major General Miyai were immediately taken aback: "Really?"

The loss of five cartloads of tungsten ore enraged the cabinet, and Commander Shinotsuka was even reprimanded.

If we could retrieve those five truckloads of tungsten ore, that would be an opportunity.

That's five truckloads of tungsten ore; the Eighth Route Army will definitely protect it at all costs.

In other words, the main force of the Eighth Route Army must have been with their tungsten ore.

We should hurry over there and seize the opportunity to engage the main force of the Eighth Route Army in a decisive battle.

If we can defeat their main force, then we can firmly grasp the initiative in this sweeping operation.

"Gentlemen, let's immediately issue orders to the troops to move towards Yang'er Mountain at top speed," the Kumamoto Division Commander said decisively.

"Should we double-check with the commander?" Muto Juichi said. "It's not reasonable for us to mobilize tens of thousands of people just because of an urgent telegram from Yamamoto Ichiki."

"This is a rare opportunity. Let's give the order first, and then communicate with the commander," said the division commander of Kumamoto.

"Yes." Both Muto Juichi and Major General Miyai nodded.

Thus, the troops of the Kumamoto Division, the 21st Brigade, and the 9th Brigade immediately rushed towards the direction of Yang'er Mountain.

(End of this chapter)